When Sr Adv Vikas Singh Dragged Loya Case Into Sridevi Death Case In SC

“In Judge Loya’s case a natural death was converted into a mysterious death and a probe sought while in this case a mysterious death is being treated like a natural death. This is unfortunate”, Senior Advocate Vikas Singh To CJI-led BenchBench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra dismisses plea filed by one Sunil Singh seeking an independent probe into the “mysterious” death of...

Breaking:SC Directs All High Courts, District Courts To Constitute Sexual Harassment Complaints Committees In Two Months [Read Order]

In the wake of the recent incident of a lady advocate being assaulted by members of the Bar at the Tis Hazari Courts in Delhi on May 4, the Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice D. Y. Chandrachud and Justice A. M. Khanwilkar on Friday directed the Acting Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court to constitute committees to tackle complaints of sexual harassment in all...

Past Service As Fast Track Court Judges Shall Be Considered To Calculate The Service Benefits Of District Judges:SC [Read Judgment]

The Supreme Court bench of Justices J. Chelameswar and Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul, disposing off appeals arising out of a 2015 judgment of the Jharkhand High Court, held that the pensions and other service benefits of District Judges shall be calculated taking into view their past service as Fast Track Court judges.The writ petitions before the High Court had been filed by some District Judges...

By-elections: Must Hold Election If Remainder Of The Term Of A Member In Relation To A Vacancy Is Not Less Than One Year: SC [Read Judgment]

The intention of the Parliament is not to keep a constituency remaining unrepresented, the bench said.The Supreme Court upheld a Bombay High Court order dismissing a voter’s plea not to hold elections in a constituency, the representative Member of Parliament of which resigned in December, last year.The bench comprising of Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, Justice AM Khanwilkar and Justice...

[Aadhaar] Indian Supreme Court Reserves Verdict On The Second-longest Hearing After 38 Days

Supreme Court of India has concluded the 38 days long hearing in the petitions challenging the constitutional validity of  Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other. Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016.  The hearing started before the Constitution Bench of CJI Dipak Misra and Justices AK Sikri,AM Khanwikar, Dy Chandrachud and Ashok Bhushn on January 17,2018.“This has been...

SC Collegium To Meet Tomorrow To Decide On Justice KM Joseph's Elevation

The Supreme Court Collegium comprising Chief Justice of India Justice Dipak Misra, Justice J. Chelameswar, Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justice M.B. Lokur and Justice Kurian Joseph to meet tomorrow to consider the re-recommendation for Chief Justice of Uttarakhand High Court, Justice K.M. Joseph's elevation to the Supreme Court, reports NDTVOn May 1, the collegium deferred its decision and passed...

SC Asks States, UTs To Seriously Consider Feasibility Of Establishing Open Prisons In As Many Locations As Possible [Read Order]

We expect the state governments concerned to not only try and utilize the existing capacity of these open prisons and if necessary increase the existing capacity of these open prisons in due course of time, the Bench said.During the hearing in Re-Inhuman Conditions In 1382 Prisons, the Supreme Court has said state governments and union territories should consider the feasibility of...

WB Panchayat Polls:SC Stays HC Judgment On Online Submission Of Nominations,Restrains EC From Notifying The Results Of Uncontested Constituencies [Read Order]

The Supreme Court bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice D. Y. Chandrachud and Justice A. M. Khanwilkar on Thursday stayed the order passed on Tuesday by a Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court directing the State Election Commission to accept the nomination papers submitted via email by 3 PM on April 23 for the Panchayat Elections scheduled to be held on May 14.The Bench has passed...

PM Inaugurates Or Not, Eastern Peripheral Expressway Be Opened To Public From June 1 : SC

The direction came after the NHAI counsel told the bench of Justice Madan B Lokur and Justice Deepak Gupta that the expressway was scheduled to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on April 29 but it could not be done due to his prior commitments.Questioning the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) on the delay in throwing open the Eastern Peripheral Expressway to public...

Victim Entitled To Compensation When Death Or Injury Is In The Course Of Boarding Or De-Boarding A Train: SC Resolves Conflicting Views In Railway Accident Claims Matters [Read Judgment]

The concept of ‘self-inflicted injury’ would require an intention to inflict such injury and not mere negligence of any particular degree, the bench held.The Supreme Court, in an important judgment delivered on Wednesday (Union of India vs. Rina Devi), observed that death or injury in the course of boarding or de-boarding a train will be an ‘untoward incident’ entitling a victim to...

“Promising Steps To Eradicate Social And Educational Backwardness To A Community Does Not Amount To An Appeal On The Ground Of Religion”: SC Rejects Muthalik’s Plea Against Karnataka Congress Manifesto

Supreme Court today rejected Rashtriya Hindu Sena chief Pramod Muthalik’s plea which alleged that the Congress in its election manifesto in Karnataka was seeking votes in the name of religion.He had sought directions to the Election Commission to delete the Congress party’s alleged appeal in its manifesto to vote on religious basis."Referring to a community suffering from social...

“How Constructions Of 6 Or 7 Illegal Floors Go Unnoticed? Nothing But Connivance”: SC

Pulling up the Himachal Pradesh government for not taking timely actions to prevent illegal constructions, the Supreme Court on Wednesday asked how come six or seven floors are constructed as tourist lodges at places were as per building plan only one floor is permitted.On May 3, the bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta had pulled up the state government on the issue of the murder...